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Criminal

Sep. 15, 2006

Wrongly Convicted Man's Civil Suit Ends in Mistrial

LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the civil damages case of Herman Atkins, who was exonerated by DNA after spending 12 years in prison for a rape and robbery he didn't commit.

By Susan McRae
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge on Wednesday declared a mistrial in the civil damages case of Herman Atkins, who was exonerated by DNA after spending 12 years in prison for a rape and robbery he didn't commit.
      U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson dismissed the jury of six women and two men after two days of deliberations, when they...

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